Reddit added chat rooms, and they’re about what you’d expect

For the last year, Reddit has been beta-testing community-based chat rooms with a select number of users. Over time, the beta spread across various groups on the platform, and today, the internet’s largest forum hub made its efforts more public with a blog post explaining what it hopes to achieve with the feature. “When we started, we knew that most people didn’t personally know other redditors, since the core of the Reddit experience is pseudonymous sharing and discussion,” wrote ityoclys, a Reddit product designer who has been taking chat room feedback from users over the past year. “So we wanted to make sure there was a place for people in the betas to test chat, give feedback, and have a bit of fun. Perhaps most importantly, we... Continue reading…